The Learning Lab

The most common accessibility issue is poor color contrast, with 83% of websites audited in 2023 by WebAIM having color contrast issues. Low contrast makes it difficult for readers to distinguish the shapes and edges of the characters, reducing reading speed and comprehension.

In this episode of The Gorilla Learning Lab, Paul Czech explores the Web Speech API and how it might affect the future of the internet.

Just as public spaces are required to accommodate individuals with physical disabilities, websites are subject to legal standards ensuring access for everyone.

An important part of reducing website load times is ensuring the loaded images are properly optimized. Luckily, 2SXC offers a lot of customizability regarding automatic cropping and resizing of images.

2024 will be an exciting year for the World Wide Web. 2023 saw the explosion of cultural relevance in artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Dalle, Google Bard, and others. As we continue to see a surge in the use and adoption of AI tools, we must continue enhancing our websites to leverage these tools and services. Here’s our list of things you should be looking at for 2024.

Inclusivity in web accessibility extends beyond the technical aspects of making digital content usable for people with disabilities; it also encompasses cultural sensitivity, ensuring that web experiences are welcoming and accessible to users from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Sass, the dynamic preprocessor for CSS, is not just about nesting, variables, functions, and mixins. Beyond the popular --watch flag, Sass offers a variety of lesser-known compiler flags that can optimize your development workflow. Let’s uncover these hidden features, providing insights into their uses and ideal application scenarios.

One of the most important and impactful ways to improve the maintainability of a codebase is to avoid code repetition as much as possible. By not keeping multiple copies of the same code in different places, you reduce the number of instances that must be updated if needed.